my new restoration project.

**Josey Wales** · 08-31-2010, 08:39 AM

ok this guitar SUCKS it sounds bad, and it's nut is so high that when i hit anything in the first or second fret it goes out of tune, grrrrrr, i guess this goes on the wall and sits

**jamforchrist123** · 08-31-2010, 09:30 AM

I bet you could either take it in to a shop or set it up yourself. I personally don't know much about setups but I know you can find lots of information online. You can also change pickups if they are bad. You can get some GREAT sounds for cheap from guitar fetish.

**Josey Wales** · 08-31-2010, 09:39 AM

yeah but the body is plywood, that s why i don't want to do much, my main problem with sound is that it's so loud, then i plug my strat in and i can barely hear the thing.

**thesteve** · 08-31-2010, 09:43 AM

Does it still sound bad if you roll off the volume knob?

**Josey Wales** · 08-31-2010, 09:47 AM

do you mean turn it down, if so yes the tone stays the same no matter what volume, and even low it still sounds loud.

btw the extra electronics in this thing do nothing, leave it off i get pretty loud sound, turn the switch on dsound doesn't change, flick the switch all the way and it goes off.... IDK what thats for....

**thesteve** · 08-31-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by josey wales

do you mean turn it down, if so yes the tone stays the same no matter what volume, and even low it still sounds loud.

btw the extra electronics in this thing do nothing, leave it off i get pretty loud sound, turn the switch on dsound doesn't change, flick the switch all the way and it goes off.... IDK what thats for....

I guess I don't know what you mean by "sounds loud" then.

Wasn't the speculation that the electronics were for a built-in wireless system? Off is probably just wired. Both is wired and wireless and all the way is wireless only. Without a receiver you've got nothing.

Of course, it's really hard to say for sure. It might be worth trying to remove the extra stuff completely and just running a traditional Stratocaster wiring to see if anything changes.

**Josey Wales** · 08-31-2010, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by thesteve

I guess I don't know what you mean by "sounds loud" then.

Wasn't the speculation that the electronics were for a built-in wireless system? Off is probably just wired. Both is wired and wireless and all the way is wireless only. Without a receiver you've got nothing.

Of course, it's really hard to say for sure. It might be worth trying to remove the extra stuff completely and just running a traditional Stratocaster wiring to see if anything changes.

agreed, i think that that is just to much wiring for nothing

**Josey Wales** · 04-18-2011, 07:38 AM

ok, so here's an update, i decided to put on clear plexiglass pickguards and backplates, i'm not done, but heres a pic of what i got so far. i was going to sand it smooth, but decided that the jagged edges looks kinda cool, so i smoothed out the sharp edges and went with it

**Josey Wales** · 04-20-2011, 11:24 AM

so it's finished again...

i've got the pickgaurd on good now, and did some etching just to see, i also shaved the nut down, i have to get another string as it broke and i soldered it back together just to take some pics, so after i get new strings i will tune it up and see how it sounds hopefully it's better.

**Josey Wales** · 04-21-2011, 10:42 PM

Ok so after doing a set up I tried it out and whatever I did to it made the tone a ton better, it actually sounds decent now pretty cool I think

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CheshireCat · 01-14-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Josey Wales

so it's finished again...

i've got the pickgaurd on good now, and did some etching just to see, i also shaved the nut down, i have to get another string as it broke and i soldered it back together just to take some pics, so after i get new strings i will tune it up and see how it sounds hopefully it's better.

You might consider making another set of pickguards and covers using templates, so they look clean. You might also be able to buy them like that.

That also gives me an idea for a yellow body and black pickguard that I have.

Chesh

**Josey Wales** · 01-14-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CheshireCat

You might consider making another set of pickguards and covers using templates, so they look clean. You might also be able to buy them like that.

That also gives me an idea for a yellow body and black pickguard that I have.

Chesh

I did the pick guards like that on purpose, right before I started shaving them down I thought it looked cooler just the way it was, but I've since given the guitar away, so there's not a way I can change it, randy can if he wants to but he likes it the way it is....

CheshireCat · 01-15-2012, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Josey Wales

I did the pick guards like that on purpose, right before I started shaving them down I thought it looked cooler just the way it was, but I've since given the guitar away, so there's not a way I can change it, randy can if he wants to but he likes it the way it is....

Ah.